The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

  • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    11 days ago

    As “someone who gets distracted very easily,” he made the change to reclaim his attention span. Ditching his laptop gave him an environment where “YouTube isn’t around the corner” and he can focus on his reading.

    This is just avoiding the issue of having a short attention span.

    Reminds me a lot of fellow classmates at my college who I discovered hate online classes because they say they can’t stay focused. So I don’t know how these “luddite” students plan to not get distracted when their job will most likely involve sitting in front of a computer.

    • ɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      49·
      11 days ago

      This is just avoiding the issue of having a short attention span.

      I used to be easily distracted during online lectures yet had little difficulty following live lectures. It’s a fundamentally different experience, for whatever reason.

      Also, the attention span has to be trained. And training it by working without a distracting computer sounds like a good idea.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      20·
      11 days ago

      Attention span is cultivated, so is discipline. Reading about it is theory. Forcing oneself to do it, in increasingly sizable chunks, is praxis. I’m talking to myself here, too.

    • Darren@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      17·
      11 days ago

      This is just avoiding the issue of having a short attention span.

      And how do you improve your attention span? By not having distractions available to you.